LaRonde Mine


Queenston intensifies work in Ontario and Quebec

With three drills turning on its projects in northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec, this winter is shaping up to be a busy one for Queenston Mining (QMI-T).The company recently completed a 6-ho…


Agnico-Eagle looks to spread its wings

Determined not to remain a one-mine company, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) has unveiled plans that would see it exploit two gold deposits, Lapa and Goldex, both of which are within trucking distance of i…


Broad market flops as gold surges

The S&P-TSX composite index continued its downward spiral over the Feb. 19-25 report period, slipping 89.45 points to 6,503.10.Not even a surge in spot gold could save producers: Placer Dome plummeted…


Vaughn addresses CIM

Globalization and its effects on Canadian mining will be the topic of a talk delivered by Steve Vaughan, a partner with Toronto law firm McMillan Binch, at the next luncheon of the Canadian Institute …


Agnico finds gold at Lapa

Drilling by mid-tier gold producer Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) at the Lapa property of Breakwater Resources (BWR-T), 11 km east of Agnico’s LaRonde mine in northwestern Quebec, has intersected extensio…


Agnico looking even deeper at LaRonde

Development of the LaRonde gold mine in northwestern Quebec is one of those business stories that just gets better with each passing year.Having completed its 7,350-ft. Penna shaft and expanded from a…


Equities bounce back at gold’s expense

The widespread rally in the global stock markets, which started on July 25, pulled the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Composite index up 350.1 points in the report period July 24-30. The index closed at 6…


Agnico-Eagle posts mixed results for ’01

As a result of the first full year of production at the expanded LaRonde mine in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) enjoyed solid operating results in 2001. However, the higher output did…


Antamina opening highlight of 2001

Vancouver — Despite the lacklustre performance of commodity prices and a weakening of the global economy, the mining sector put several mines into production and managed to expand some current operat…


Agnico-Eagle, Mentor merge

Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) has combined with Toronto-based Mentor Exploration & Development (MV-V) and will retain its original name.Agnico-Eagle acquired the remaining 50.5% of Mentor it did not alre…


Mine manager Paul-Henri Girard (left), CEO Sean Boyd and COO Ebe Scherkus pose alongside a plaque honouring Paul Penna, founder of Agnico-Eagle Mines. It was unveiled during the recent inauguration of a new shaft at LaRonde.

Agnico-Eagle inaugurates Penna shaft

Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — Mine openings and expansions are increasingly rare events in this historic camp, so a few showers did not dampen the enthusiasm of more than 800 guests who gathered here to help…


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